1/8/2024 0 Comments Seaiq and active captainThe area I usually point to as an example is the entrance to Jackson Creek – Deltaville, VA off the Piankatank River (just S of the Rappahannock River). I’ve decided that Sonar Charts are only useful in areas where mariners regularly traverse the shallows – in places that everyone avoids (usually because of shoals or other “dragons”), they can be very deceiving. WRT Navionics “Sonar Charts”, we’ve had decidedly mixed results with them, albeit NOT on the ICW, because we’re too tall for the ICW, and seldom move along it. I predict whining from the ‘Droids because Aqua Map is iOS-only □ It does look pretty good, however, and I may get it just for the AC integration – much easier than trying to manage the web interface while underway. Your site looks fascinating, I need to look through the past posts. Thanks for your comment! I’ll see what I can do to expand the review. I still have all 14 apps loaded with their own charts on my iPad. The spreadsheet has already seen three revisions after publication. ![]() My intention is to update the spreadsheet and review as apps add capabilities or to correct errors. That does not satisfy most readers, I’m always asked, “Well, what do you recommend?” So I feel compelled to cover that too. “I am including the spreadsheet of all 82 features so you can do your own selection based on what’s important to you and create your own list. The apps had many features, too many to cover in detail but they are all listed in the spreadsheet as I said in the report,: A 12 MLLW route through Fernandina and a 8 MLLW route through Dawho east entrance are also popular. I publish a daily blog for 200 to 300 daily readers with a listing on the side of popular topics such as GPX routes I’ve confirmed through various ICW shallow areas, free for downloading. I just discovered your reference to my evaluation of 14 iPad apps. ![]() I’ve emailed Garmin trying to figure out what the story is with the AC developer page, but haven’t heard back yet. The ActiveCaptain developer’s page remains blank but Giorgio’s email indicates that the API is out there somewhere and AC partner developers are getting their hands on it. A little further digging revealed that there was more to the story and Garmin was bringing out a new API to be released by 4/1/18. ![]() Then in early March of 2018, as if there wasn’t enough intrigue in our little world, Polar Navy posted what turned out to be a partial quote from an email Garmin sent to AC partners indicating the data API would be discontinued on 5/23/18. This app is focused on owners of Garmin hardware and left those who relied on BCM looking for a mobile solution capable of displaying AC POI and serving as a secondary (or in some cases primary) chart plotter. ![]() In November of 2017, Garmin discontinued BlueCharts Mobile (BCM) and brought out the ActiveCaptain application. This has been a contentious story and here’s a quick rundown of the twisting plot: In May of 2017 Garmin bought ActiveCaptain, and almost immediately there was concern about what this would mean for the ActiveCaptain partners who had integrated AC into their applications and hardware.
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